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Technology Highlight: AI Applications for Damage Prevention

September 16, 2021 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the way companies update, monitor, and build infrastructure. In the damage prevention sector, innovations like 24-hour monitoring systems, gas leak [...]

Technology Highlight: Positive Response

August 13, 2021 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Innovation and Technology

Positive Response This blog series Technology Highlight explores some of the ways that investments in innovation lead to better outcomes for infrastructure and public safety. [...]

New Policy Brief Recommends Infrastructure Reforms Needed To Build Back Better

May 25, 2021 in Press Releases, Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Innovation and Technology

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 CONTACT: Andrew Jefferis, ajefferis@aii.org Washington, D.C, May 25, 2021 -- The Alliance for Innovation and [...]

Modern Life Is Rooted in Infrastructure

March 1, 2021 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Energy

When you see a tree, you know it has roots. When you pull weeds, you aim to get all of those roots spread across the […]

Innovation is Bringing Natural Gas into the Future

November 3, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Innovation and Technology, Transportation, Energy

The futuristic vision of drones, artificial intelligence, and other smart technology building and maintaining our critical infrastructure is closer than many think. Already, many [...]

532,000 Excavation Damages Cost The US $30 Billion in 2019, What Are States Doing About It?

October 16, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Energy

Excavation Damage Every person is required to call 811 or notify their safe digging One-Call center before breaking ground. That is for backyard projects, tree [...]

New Report Examines History and Trajectory of One-Call Centers and Damage Prevention Efforts

August 27, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog

Washington D.C, District of Columbia – August 27, 2020 – The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii) today released a new report for industry leaders […]

Under Our Streets

May 19, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog, Transportation

Under city streets, through countless acres of open fields, across bridges, and over mountains, pipelines quietly deliver energy resources throughout North America. "Pipelines" generally conjure [...]

Celebrating 15 Years of 811

March 17, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog

In March of 2005, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated 811 as the nationwide phone number for excavation damage prevention. Now, 15 years later, we [...]

Digging Blind Wreaks Havoc

March 14, 2020 in Damage Prevention, Policy Blog

Underneath the feet of every American are millions of miles of buried cables, electrical lines, pipelines, water systems, and more. This vast network of underground […]

Avoiding COVID-19 at Home? Here are 10 money and energy-saving tips

March 12, 2020 in Policy Blog, Transportation

The Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) or COVID-19 is in the process of reshaping the order of things at home and abroad. As we all react to […]

Phmsa Study: Wider Adoption Of Technology, Stronger Enforcement Critical To Improving Pipeline Safety

December 7, 2017 in Policy Blog

Last June, Congress passed and the President signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 (PIPES Act). Among the bill’s […]

Digging Deeper: Volume 1

August 15, 2017 in Policy Blog

How Economic Indicators And Population Demographics Impact Incident Rates “Digging Deeper” is the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure’s (Aii) new blog series focused on using […]

DIRT Blog Update

June 8, 2017 in Policy Blog

Last summer, we published “Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: How State Legislatures Can Help Us Dig Safer,” where we performed an extensive review of the […]

Pipeline Safety Legislation Inches Closer to Becoming Law

May 2, 2016 in Policy Blog

Written by Shane Skelton, Aii Executive Director Pipeline safety reauthorization legislation cleared another crucial hurdle on its way to the President’s desk on Wednesday when […]